Lauren Wilkinson (born October 17, 1989) is a Canadian
rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...
. She is a 2 time Olympian. She graduated from
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...
in 2011 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
During her senior year at Princeton, Wilkinson stroked the crew that won the I Eight event at the 2011
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Championships. Wilkinson attended
Crofton House School, graduating in 2007. She was awarded the Alumnae Association's Achievement Award of
Crofton House School in 2013.
In 2012, Wilkinson won a silver medal at the
London Olympics with her coxed women's eight, and in June 2016, she was officially named to
Canada's 2016 Olympic team. At the
Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Wilkinson placed 5th in the A Final for the coxed women's eight.
Personal life
Lauren Wilkinson is a younger sister to Jerome and
Michael Wilkinson. Jerome Wilkinson rowed at the collegiate and provincial level.
Michael Wilkinson also rowed at the
2012 Summer Olympics, who was a member of the Olympic rowing team with Lauren. Parents David and Susan Wilkinson were both national team rowers as well. Lauren first got into rowing at the age of 11, following her brothers into the sport. Wilkinson enjoys photography, reading, and hiking.
See also
*
List of Princeton University Olympians
This is a list of Princeton University alumni who competed in the Olympic Games. In this list, the term athletics refers to track and field.
Summer Olympians
#Robert Garrett, class of 1897, men's athletics, 1896 Athens Olympics, 1900 Paris Ol ...
References
*
1989 births
Living people
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic medalists in rowing
Rowers from Vancouver
Canadian female rowers
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Princeton University alumni
World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers for Canada
21st-century Canadian women
{{Canada-rowing-bio-stub